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Drawing. SM volume 68/28. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
Reference number
SM volume 68/28
Purpose
[3] Variant design
Aspect
As SM volume 68/27 except that the Latin inscription is on the entablature (as with SM volume 68/26), the recessed tablets are as SM volume 68/26. New is the rusticated lower one-third of the screen and the date is placed on a plinth between steps
Inscribed
as above and (Soane) Agriculture / Liberality / Commerce / Justice, The Latin inscription to be put upon the Plinth in the room of the date / The date to be engraved on the die of the Piedestal.
Signed and dated
- August 1793
John Soane Archt and Great Scotland Yard August 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia wash, pencil with triple-ruled pen and black wash border on laid paper (218 x 266)
Hand
Soane
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk